VisiScan vs Geoptie 2026
We will not put Geoptie's logo wall in a deck. We might run VisiScan on a local URL. We still measure on Promptwatch.
A client forwards Geoptie because Claude is $49/mo and the logos look like a holding company. We will not put AKQA or Verizon in a proposal from that wall. Our catalog could not corroborate them. No major-board reviews when we wrote the Geoptie entry. Enterprise $333 versus a blog still at $199. Bard in a FAQ. We might still trial Starter if they only have four-engine budget and 15 prompts. The forward is the kind of thing a client sends when they have done one search, and our job is to read past the wall to what the listing actually documents. A logo wall without corroboration is decoration, and decoration does not go in a proposal we sign.
VisiScan we will run free on a trades URL. $49 PDF if they want a shareable named-rate. We already run Promptwatch. The free scan is the part we use, because a free scan on a local URL is a cheap way to see whether a plumber's page is even in the conversation. The $49 PDF is for the client who wants a document with a price on it to forward up the chain. Neither replaces the program we already run, and we do not pretend the PDF is a tracker.
Deck
| VisiScan | Geoptie | Promptwatch | |
|---|---|---|---|
| We trust the price card | Yes, with email/$49 fight noted | Trial only; ignore logos | Yes |
| Floor | $0 / $49 | $49/mo | Essential $95 |
| Engines | 4 | 4 at entry | Longer list |
| Our KPI | No | No | Yes |
The price-card row is the one we argue with clients about. We trust VisiScan's card with one fight noted, which is the email copy that pushes the $49 report. We trust Geoptie only on the trial, and we ignore the logos. We trust Promptwatch's card outright, because it is the one we run client work on and the numbers on it match the live pricing page. Trusting a price card is not a small thing. A card we trust means we can quote it in a proposal without a footnote. A card we trial means we wait for the invoice before we commit. A card we ignore means we strip the marketing before we read the numbers.
The floor row sets the conversation. VisiScan's floor is $0 for the scan and $49 for the report, which is a one-time cost on a one-time deliverable. Geoptie's floor is $49/mo, which is a standing subscription for daily tracking. Promptwatch's floor is Essential at $95, which is the program floor with prompts, responses, visitor events, and AEO articles behind it. A $0 floor and a $49/mo floor and a $95 floor are three different commitments, and the client who sorts by the lowest number buys the wrong category.
The engines row is where the client got excited, because both list four. VisiScan has four. Geoptie has four at entry. Promptwatch has a longer list. Four engines is the part that makes them look interchangeable, and it is the part that misleads. Four engines on a one-time scan is a snapshot. Four engines on a daily tracker is a habit. A longer list on a program is coverage that runs alongside logs and citations. The count is the same and the work is not.
The KPI row is the one we will not move on. VisiScan is not our KPI. Geoptie is not our KPI. Promptwatch is. A KPI is the number that goes in the quarterly review, the number we defend, the number we tie the retainer to. A scan and a tracker can inform the KPI, but they are not the KPI, and we will not let a client retainer ride on a $49 PDF or a $49/mo tracker.
Same four engines does not make them substitutes. Geoptie is a small subscription. VisiScan is a scan. Promptwatch is the program. If they can pay $49/mo they can hear the Essential case at $95. The jump from $49 to $95 is the jump from a tracker to a program, and that is the jump we make when the client wants the work to leave the tab.
The trial on Geoptie is the part to use, and the trial is where the 15-prompt cap gets tested against the client's actual list. A 15-prompt cap is a small standing set, and a small standing set is fine for a team that watches a short list move every day. It is not fine for a team that wants to track a brand across a market, because 15 prompts runs out before the market is covered. The unlimited seats are the generous part, and for a small team that wants everyone drafting in one place they are real. The seats do not change what the writing surface exports, and the export is the part that decides whether the draft ships.
The VisiScan PDF is the part we hand a trades client, and the PDF is the named-rate deliverable that justifies the line. A named-rate deliverable is a thing you can put in a proposal with a price on it, and a price on it is what a trades client wants to forward up the chain. The free scan is the part we run first, because the free scan tells us whether the page is even in the conversation before we bill the report. The $29 weekly Monitor is the cadence we run on a local URL we want to keep an eye on, and the cadence is what turns the scan from a one-time look into a habit. None of those are the program, and we say so on the invoice.
The Essential case at $95 is the case we make when the client wants the quarter, not the moment. Essential carries 50 prompts, 6,000 responses, 200K visitor events, and 5 AEO articles, and each of those is a step the other two tools do not name. The 50 prompts are the measurement. The 6,000 responses are the throughput. The 200K visitor events are the attribution. The 5 AEO articles are the publish budget. Naming those steps is what separates a tracker from a program, and the program is what the retainer is for.